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Awards
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ben MacintyrePublisher: Random House USA Inc Imprint: Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 20.10cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780593136324ISBN 10: 0593136322 Pages: 432 Publication Date: 27 July 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[Ben] Macintyre at once exalts and subverts the myths of spy craft. --The New Yorker Macintyre is fastidious about tradecraft details. . . . [He] has become the preeminent popular chronicler of British intelligence history because he understands the essence of the business. --David Ignatius, The Washington Post Macintyre writes with novelistic flair. --Entertainment Weekly Macintyre is a superb writer, with an eye for the telling detail as fine as any novelist's. --The Dallas Morning News Macintyre is one of the most gifted espionage writers around. --Annie Jacobsen, author of Area 51 and Operation Paperclip Macintyre writes with the diligence and insight of a journalist, and the panache of a born storyteller. --John Banville, The Guardian (UK) With Macintyre in charge, you're virtually guaranteed a history book that reads like a spy novel. --Richmond Times-Dispatch A scrupulous and insightful writer--a master historian. --Alan Furst, author of Mission to Paris Macintyre is a master at leading the reader down some very tortuous paths while ensuring they never lose their bearings. --Evening Standard (UK) Macintyre . . . has that enviable gift, the inability to write a dull sentence. --The Spectator (UK) “[Ben] Macintyre at once exalts and subverts the myths of spy craft.”—The New Yorker “Macintyre is fastidious about tradecraft details. . . . [He] has become the preeminent popular chronicler of British intelligence history because he understands the essence of the business.”—David Ignatius, The Washington Post “Macintyre writes with novelistic flair.”—Entertainment Weekly “Macintyre is a superb writer, with an eye for the telling detail as fine as any novelist’s.”—The Dallas Morning News “Macintyre is one of the most gifted espionage writers around.”—Annie Jacobsen, author of Area 51 and Operation Paperclip “Macintyre writes with the diligence and insight of a journalist, and the panache of a born storyteller.”—John Banville, The Guardian (UK) “With Macintyre in charge, you’re virtually guaranteed a history book that reads like a spy novel.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch “A scrupulous and insightful writer—a master historian.”—Alan Furst, author of Mission to Paris “Macintyre is a master at leading the reader down some very tortuous paths while ensuring they never lose their bearings.”—Evening Standard (UK) “Macintyre . . . has that enviable gift, the inability to write a dull sentence.”—The Spectator (UK) Author InformationBen Macintyre is a writer-at-large for The Times (U.K.) and the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor, A Spy Among Friends, Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag, and Rogue Heroes, among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of his work. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |